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1 Thessalonians 4:11
New Catholic Bible
1 Thessalonians 4:11
New Catholic Bible
11 Strive to live quietly, to attend to your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you.[a]
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- 1 Thessalonians 4:11 The early Church strongly believed in the need of Christians to earn their living. However, some of the converts—possibly as a result of their belief in Christ’s imminent return (see 2 Thes 3:11)—were not working and so were letting others support them.